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Foundations are using so many confusing words that few people can figure out what they’re doing

  • Written by Aaron Zeiler, Director of Partner Strategies - Center for Public Interest Communications, University of Florida
imageTalking about your 'theory of change' may not help make your point.Sergio Mendoza Hochmann/Moment via Getty Images

The United States has the largest philanthropic sector in the world. Foundations and similar grantmakers have US$1.5 trillion in assets and disburse more than $100 billion annually to everything from hospitals and museums to making...

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Trump’s New York felony charges are going to trial – what the images might show when the business fraud case kicks off

  • Written by Mary Angela Bock, Associate Professor of Journalism, The University of Texas at Austin
imageFormer President Donald Trump sits with his attorneys inside a Manhattan courtroom during his arraignment in April 2023. Timothy A. Clary-Pool/Getty Images

When former President Donald Trump soon returns to court in New York City, there are likely to be few visual surprises. Trump’s hush-money trial before New York Judge Juan Merchan is...

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Germany’s turning point: 2 years into strategic pivot, progress made bodes well for the US, NATO and the world

  • Written by Michael F. Harsch, Associate Professor of National Security, National Defense University
imageGerman Chancellor Olaf Scholz, right, meets Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy on June 1, 2023. Kay Nietfeld/picture alliance via Getty Images

It has now been more than two years since German Chancellor Olaf Scholz entered a new compound word into the jargon of global politics: “Zeitenwende.”

Scholz’s Zeitenwende speech of Feb. 27,...

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Rural counties increasingly rely on prisons to provide firefighters and EMTs who work for free, but the inmates have little protection or future job prospects

  • Written by J. Carlee Purdum, Research Assistant Professor, Hazard Reduction and Recovery Center, Texas A&M University
imageInmate fire crews work alongside professional fire crews and do the same work. But they receive little, if any, pay.David McNew/AFP via Getty Images

If you call 911 in rural Georgia, the nearest emergency responders might come from the local prison.

In 1963, the Georgia Department of Corrections began a program to train incarcerated people as...

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Taylor Swift’s homage to Clara Bow

  • Written by Deirdre Clemente, Associate Professor of History, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
imageClara Bow appeared in 58 films in just over a decade.John Kobal Foundation/Getty Images

One track on Taylor Swift’s new album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” honors a long-celebrated, oft-miscast heroine of American feminism: actress Clara Bow.

As historians of the 1920s, we’ve studied Bow’s fame and her cultural...

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5 questions schools and universities should ask before they purchase AI tech products

  • Written by George Veletsianos, Professor of learning technologies, University of Minnesota
imageCan today's educational technology deliver on its promise?Ariel Skelley via Getty Images

Every few years, an emerging technology shows up at the doorstep of schools and universities promising to transform education. The most recent? Technologies and apps that include or are powered by generative artificial intelligence, also known as GenAI.

These...

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4 reasons the practice of canceling weakens higher education

  • Written by Mordechai Gordon, Professor of Education, Quinnipiac University
imageCanceling people can harm democracy.David Malan/Getty Images

Last month, Danny Mamlok, a friend of mine and an Israeli professor from Tel Aviv University, was scheduled to give a talk at Concordia University in Montreal on the topic of education for tolerance. Four days before the presentation was supposed to take place, the organizers of this...

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Human brains and fruit fly brains are built similarly – visualizing how helps researchers better understand how both work

  • Written by Kristin Scaplen, Assistant Professor of Neuroscience, Bryant University
imageStepping through the brain reveals essential information about its structure and function.Scaplen et al. 2021/eLife, CC BY

The human brain contains approximately 87 billion neurons. On average, each of these cells make thousands of different connections to facilitate communication across the brain. Neural communication is thought to underlie all...

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Marijuana tax revenues fall short of projections in many states, including Colorado

  • Written by Boyoung Seo, Assistant Professor of Business, Indiana University

Nearly half of Americans live in a state that allows legal access to recreational marijuana. Eleven more states, including Wisconsin and Florida, are considering legalization in 2024.

One of the most common rationales for legalizing marijuana is increasing state tax revenue. How much revenue comes in depends on decisions states make about...

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Does ‘virtue signaling’ pay off for entrepreneurs? We studied 81,799 Airbnb listings to find out

  • Written by Jacob A. Waddingham, Assistant Professor of Management, Texas State University

The next time you’re searching through Airbnb listings, you may find there’s more to consider than just amenities and price.

To stand out from the competition, some Airbnb hosts tout their personal values – such as integrity, empathy and conscientiousness – in listings for their properties. This sort of display has been...

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  3. ‘I’m not black, I’m O.J.’: What O.J. Simpson’s life showed about transcending race and being trapped by it
  4. Has the media learned anything since the O.J. Simpson trial?
  5. The hidden risk of letting AI decide – losing the skills to choose for ourselves
  6. The South’s aging water infrastructure is getting pounded by climate change – fixing it is also a struggle
  7. A monumental case, unfolding in a court of law and a court of public opinion – Trump goes on trial
  8. A young Black scientist discovered a pivotal leprosy treatment in the 1920s − but an older colleague took the credit
  9. Colorado is latest state to try turning off the electrical grid to prevent wildfires − a complex, technical operation pioneered in California
  10. Nitazenes found in 5 overdose deaths in Philly – here’s what they are and why they’re so deadly
  11. The unfinished business of John F. Kennedy’s vision for world peace
  12. Medieval Europe was far from democratic, but that didn’t mean tyrants got a free pass
  13. How Iran responds to Damascus attack could determine trajectory of conflict in the Middle East
  14. Taxes are due even if you object to government policies or doubt the validity of the 16th Amendment’s ratification
  15. The backlash against diversity, equity and inclusion in business is in full force − but myths obscure the real value of DEI
  16. How jurors will be selected in Trump’s legal cases - a criminal law expert explains
  17. Starbucks seeks Supreme Court protection from being preemptively ordered to rehire baristas who say they were fired for union-promoting activities
  18. I spent a decade helping Afghan girls make educational progress − and now the Taliban are using these 3 reasons to keep them out of school
  19. Elephant tourism often involves cruelty – here are steps toward more humane, animal-friendly excursions
  20. Domestic violence survivors seek homeless services from a system that often leaves them homeless
  21. Personalized cancer treatments based on testing drugs quickly leads to faster treatment, better outcomes
  22. Newly discovered genetic variant that causes Parkinson’s disease clarifies why the condition develops and how to halt it
  23. PFAS ‘forever chemicals’: Why EPA set federal drinking water limits for these health-harming contaminants
  24. Infections after surgery are more likely due to bacteria already on your skin than from microbes in the hospital − new research
  25. Bollywood is playing a large supporting role in India’s elections
  26. New York City greenlights congestion pricing – here’s how this toll plan is expected to improve traffic, air quality and public transit
  27. Using research to solve societal problems starts with building connections and making space for young people
  28. Trump pushes the limits of every restriction he faces – including threatening judges and their families
  29. Talking to Americans reveals the diversity behind the shared opinion ‘the country is on the wrong track’
  30. House of Representatives holds off on Ukraine aid package − here’s why the US has a lot at stake in supporting Ukraine
  31. Is this the dawn of a new era in women’s sports?
  32. Are embassies off-limits? Ecuadorian and Israeli actions suggest otherwise − and that sets a dangerous diplomatic precedent
  33. From Reagan to Obama, presidents have left office with ‘strategic regret’ − will leaving troops in Iraq and Syria be Biden or Trump’s?
  34. Family caregivers can help shape the outcomes for their loved ones – an ICU nurse explains their vital role
  35. How to battle boredom at work
  36. Silicon Valley and Shenzhen, China, will get all the growth from AI if other regions don’t invest now to compete
  37. In a future with more ‘mind reading,’ thanks to neurotech, we may need to rethink freedom of thought
  38. Tiny crystals capture millions of years of mountain range history – a geologist excavates the Himalayas with a microscope
  39. Fossilized dinosaur eggshells can preserve amino acids, the building blocks of proteins, over millions of years
  40. Why Sikhs celebrate the festival of Baisakhi
  41. Rebuilding Gaza was seen as a ‘Herculean’ task before Oct. 7; six months of bombing has led to crises that will long outlive the war
  42. Dali hit Key Bridge with the force of 66 heavy trucks at highway speed
  43. US media coverage of new science less likely to mention researchers with African and East Asian names
  44. Coastal wetlands can’t keep pace with sea-level rise, and infrastructure is leaving them nowhere to go
  45. A dramatic schism over social issues? The United Methodist Church has been here before – but this time, America’s religious landscape is far different
  46. Fetal personhood rulings could nullify a pregnant patient’s wishes for end-of-life care
  47. Could a telescope ever see the beginning of time? An astronomer explains
  48. Happier, more connected neighborhoods start right in the front yard
  49. What causes earthquakes in the Northeast, like the magnitude 4.8 that shook New Jersey? A geoscientist explains
  50. College athletes still are not allowed to be paid by universities − here’s why